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Nye County is located in south central Nevada and is shaped somewhat like a lopsided "T". Nye is the largest county in Nevada and is the third largest county in the continental United States. With a land area of 11,560,960 acres, Nye County is larger than the total acreage of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Delaware. Of this vast land area, only 822,711 acres (or just over seven percent of the total) is private land; the majority of the county's land is owned by the federal government. Churchill, Lander, Eureka, and White Pine counties border the county on the north, going from west to east respectively. Mineral and Esmeralda counties are at its western borders, Lincoln and Clark counties are at its eastern borders and Inyo County, California is at its southern border. Las Vegas, in Clark County, is 100 miles southeast of Yucca Mountain.
There are 13,309 households out of which 26.40% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.30% are married couples living together, 7.40% have a female householder with no husband present, and 31.90% are non-families. 25.70% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.30% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.42 and the average family size is 2.90.
In the county the population is spread out with 23.70% under the age of 18, 5.40% from 18 to 24, 24.00% from 25 to 44, 28.50% from 45 to 64, and 18.40% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 43 years. For every 100 females there are 105.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 104.70 males.
The median income for a household in the county is $36,024, and the median income for a family is $41,642. Males have a median income of $37,276 versus $22,394 for females. The per capita income for the county is $17,962. 10.70% of the population and 7.30% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 13.10% are under the age of 18 and 8.30% are 65 or older.
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